From July through December of 2021, there were 192 homes sold, with a median sale price of $327,009 - a 12.1% increase over the $291,750 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were 226 homes sold in DeForest in the second half of 2020.
The median sales tax in DeForest for the most recent year with available data, 2020, was $5,388, approximately 1.6% of the median home sale price for the second half of 2021.
The following table compares DeForest to other Dane County cities with similar median sale prices in the second half of 2021:
| City | July - Dec. 2021 Home Sales | July - Dec. 2020 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | July - Dec. 2021 Median Sales Price | July - Dec. 2020 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottage Grove | 123 | 116 | 6% | $351,070 | $311,250 | 12.8% |
| Dane | 16 | 15 | 6.7% | $345,000 | $230,570 | 49.6% |
| McFarland | 122 | 140 | -12.9% | $335,000 | $334,500 | 0.1% |
| Verona | 205 | 213 | -3.8% | $330,000 | $325,000 | 1.5% |
| Cambridge | 38 | 38 | 0% | $329,950 | $285,750 | 15.5% |
| DeForest | 192 | 226 | -15% | $327,008.50 | $291,750 | 12.1% |
| Sun Prairie | 561 | 590 | -4.9% | $320,000 | $286,250 | 11.8% |
| Madison | 3,412 | 3,343 | 2.1% | $318,000 | $282,000 | 12.8% |
| Cross Plains | 54 | 44 | 22.7% | $315,000 | $260,000 | 21.2% |
| Mount Horeb | 110 | 120 | -8.3% | $314,100 | $281,250 | 11.7% |
| Oregon | 193 | 197 | -2% | $310,000 | $286,500 | 8.2% |
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